Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Trailer Review

So late Sunday night, Marvel Studios decided to release the new trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and considering it is my most anticipated film of 2022 I have watched it quite a few times and I think it is about time I talked about it. 

Strange is having nightmares

The trailer starts with Doctor Strange seeing the end of the world through nightmares, it seems like pretty simple stuff but I do wonder if there is more to it. When Scott Derrickson was set to direct this movie, Nightmare was meant to be the main villain so I wonder if this was a hint to that and that even with a new director we will still get some version of Nightmare. 

He is facing the consequences from Spider-Man: No Way Home

After the mess that Strange got into in Spider-Man: No Way Home it has become clear that is going to lead directly into this film. He opened a bridge to the Multiverse and now it is causing the world to cave in and it seems like he has been doing even more tampering which could make things even worse. 

Christine Palmer is back and seems to be getting married

Rachel McAdams is back here as Christine Palmer and we see her in a wedding dress. I never was a huge fan of the dynamic between her and Strange but I am glad they aren't just getting rid of her with no explanation. The question is whether this is the same character or just a Variant to the one in the original film. 

Vision was the one who told Wanda about the Multiverse

When we first see Wanda Maximoff in the trailer, she reveals that Vision knew about the concept of The Multiverse and that it would be viewed as a dangerous idea. But after seeing what happens to Wanda at the end of WandaVision I am willing to bet that she has her own motivations in this film. 

Mordo is back but as a Variant.

We then see Mordo but I think it is pretty clear that he is a Variant from the one we saw in the first Doctor Strange film. He seems to be on the good side, instead of the murderer that we left him as and he is the one tasked to bring in Strange because of his actions. 

The Illuminati are confirmed and Sir Patrick Stewart is back as Professor Xavier

Easily the biggest part of the trailer sees Strange bought up amongst a council of heroes, in the comics this has been known as the illuminati and has had many members. But the biggest part of this is that Sir Patrick Stewart will be reprising his role as Charles Xavier as the leader of the group. Again, I think this is a Variant and not the same version that we have seen in all of the X-Men films but it will be great to see him and makes me wonder whether this is the film that we see the true introduction of mutants. Onto the members of the Illuminati, it seems like Xavier and Mordo are definitely in and I believe we will see a variant of Iron Man and Captain Marvel and a version of Mr Fantastic and Namor. 

Evil Doctor Strange is shown again

We again are shown the evil Doctor Strange that was in the previous trailer, the question is what are his motivations? The reports state that this is a different Variant to the one seen in What If? Which I do think is a bit of a missed opportunity but it does allow the film to bring its own interpretation on this Variants goals. 

It seems like Maria Rambeau is the Captain Marvel variant. 

We then get a glimpse at that Captain Marvel variant I mentioned and it seems pretty clear that this version is Maria Rambeau. Lashana Lynch has gained some notoriety since No Time To Die and with her main version of the character confirmed to be dead, this is a chance to see her as a full on superhero which I am quite excited for. The scene also shows her fighting Wanda, which probably explains some of the things we see in the trailer. 

Gomorrah is also back 

We say the one eyed tentacle monster a few times in What If? and it is back here and fighting Strange. In that show, we saw it had a link to the more disturbed variant of Strange so I wonder whether that will get mentioned or whether this is just going to be a quick excuse for an action scene. 

Wanda is going to be the villain 

Ever since it was confirmed that Elisabeth Olsen was going to reprise her role as Scarlett Witch in this film there have been theories as to what exactly it will look like and now we have our answer. She is clearly the villain here, she calls out Strange for getting away with messing with reality and being a hero, we then also see her return to Westview and see her Variant crying. Reports indicated that Wanda was looking at a way to revive her children and maybe this is how she plans to do it and this could even lead to the Mutant version of the character making an appearance. 

Zombie Strange is hear to cause havoc 

One of the more popular episodes of What If? saw the Avengers turned into Zombies and the trailer shows a pretty powerful looking Zombie Strange fighting Wong. I am not sure whether this is going to be connected to the What If? episode but it should be fun. 

Overall

Overall, there is so much to take from this trailer that I have had to watch it so many times to make sure I didn't miss the significant things. I do wish a few of the reveals had been saved for the movie itself though as I feel like I now know more about the film then I would have liked. But I am still super excited and I think this could be a special film.